March 21,2024
Israel’s sluggish delivery of food aid to Gaza is unconscionable: It is tantamount to torturing civilians, and it is turning even longtime friends into appalled critics. But Israel can relieve this needless suffering, without helping Hamas
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March 11,2024
Online debate shouldn’t be outsourced to AI, even though there’s excited buzz about this prospect, and several university teams are building AI tools to respond to digital hatred.
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February 29,2024
Join us on Wednesday, April 24th, at 3 p.m. at Rutgers University – Camden as Executive Director Susan Benesch discusses “Dangerous Speech and What We Can Do About It.”
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February 27,2024
“Companies are regulating human expression more than any government does. And more than any government ever has,” Susan Benesch explained.
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January 26,2024
Among other steps it ordered, the Court directed Israel to do all it can to prevent and punish incitement to genocide. This would be a vital and dramatic change since the Israeli president, minister of defense and other top leaders have publicly described all two million Gazans as mortal enemies.
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January 17,2024
As the U.S. election approaches, there is a growing possibility of intergroup violence along with an increase in dangerous and hateful speech. How can we best respond as peacebuilders? In this hour-long workshop hosted by Peace Through Action USA, Director of Research Cathy Buerger will discuss one possible response to online hatred – counterspeech.
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January 05,2024
During the campaign for 300 seats to be filled in its national parliament, Bangladesh has seen mass protests, violence including killings, and a notable increase in dangerous speech, which Professor Aynul Islam of Dhaka University and his team have illustrated with examples in this new dataset.
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January 03,2024
Trump‘s recent xenophobic rhetoric is more brazen and explicit. What can be done about it?
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December 22,2023
Dangerous speech flourished in 2023. Director of Research Cathy Buerger offers steps for combatting its spread in the new year.
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November 20,2023
In response to Elon Musk’s recent endorsement of antisemitic dangerous speech, major companies are enacting their own counterspeech strategy: pulling their advertising dollars from X.
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